1. The Mississippian in Kansas: An Update Rex Buchanan, Interim Director K. David Newell, Ph.D. Kansas Geological Survey University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas

3. Mississippian rocks, Cherokee County

4. (www2.nau.edu/rcb7/namM345.jpg)

9. Kansas Rock Column and hydrocarbon pay zones

10. Top of MSSP is at 3658 Weathered chert (with weathering rinds – light around dark interiors) Can be seen in chert clasts

11. Cherty limestones are very typical of the MSSP

12. This may be the type of dark, non-porous organic-rich limestone that will produce oil, if hydrofractured

13. Mississippian Pay Zone Mineralogy Berexco Wellington KGS #1-32 Silicified sponge spicule Silicified filled pore space Plain light (10x zoom); Pore space filled by blue epoxy Fine grained dolomite with silica cement, minor pore space Silicified sponge spicule Most of pore spaces filled with chert 3670.6’ TS provided by Datta & Barker, KSU

24. Water Usage

29. Kansas Geological Survey kgs.ku.edu KGS Kansas Dept. of Commerce Mississippian Play http://www.kansascommerce.com/index.aspx?NID=520 Dept. of Commerce American Association of Petroleum Geologists Midcontinent Meeting, Wichita, Oct. 12-15 http://www.aapg.org/sections/midcontinent.cfm AAPG Mississippian-related Web sites

30. Recent Rule Changes Landspreading/KCC, KDHE Frack fluid disclosure/KCC

31. The Mississippian in Kansas: An Update Rex Buchanan, Interim Director rex@kgs.ku.edu K. David Newell, Ph.D. Kansas Geological Survey University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas